Coach Carter Sports Psychology

Sports psychology deals with different aspects such as both mental and emotional of the physical performance. It would involve explaining and predicting attitudes, feelings, and behaviors in an attempt to improve performances. I chose the film on Coach Carter directed by Thomas Carter, sports psychology can be used effectively to improve performances of the high school team. This movie is about a man named Coach Carter who takes on a coaching position at a high school that is run down and these boys have no discipline. In order to be on the basketball team the players would have to sign contracts stating that they will have a certain grade point average, to attend all of their classes at school, and lastly to sit in in the front row wearing
When we use the kind words it would make someone feel like they are part of the team. The players wouldn’t have to be friends with everyone on the team you meet but people should have respect for each other. Giving compliments and starting conversations would be nice to do for each other. Playing fairly is also important for the whole team. It is important to remember that violence is never the answer so it would be good to avoid hitting, pushing, tripping, and bullying. As a team decision making should be done all together. After the team won their first game the coach believed they focused on practicing in order to win and to go on to win the sixteenth game making them undefeated. The team would seem to come together until the coach got reports on how the students were doing in their classes. More than half of the teams were getting incompletes in their classes. The coach came to a decision that he would not allow access to the gym and canceled the practices and games. He threatens the team to do push-ups and different sprints if they didn’t follow the agreement in the contract. As a result to this the parents were getting upset due to the fact that the coach made the decision to suspend the
The theory would be if you reward behaviors that are more likely to occur again while punishment maybe reducing chance of that behavioral for the future to come. He uses negative motivation rather than positive motivation. “Positive motivation is rarely used and sports psychology researched overwhelming supports are the use of predominantly (80-90%) positive approach.” (Peak performance issue 214). The negative approach would work better in this particular situation and it teaches the athletes to make decisions on their own behalf, after they must live the consequences. The approach would not have them babied but rather prepare them for